A writer of both fiction and non-fiction, I’ve been honing my craft for over fifty years. Although I prefer writing novels and short stories, I have authored a non-fiction, adventure travel book titled, A Bicycle Journey to the Bottom of the Americas, recounting my 3.5 year, 17,500-mile bicycle adventure from Alaska to the tip of South America.
Historical fiction novels completed –
Dr. Mary E. Walker, (1832-1919). Civil War surgeon, pioneering suffragist, prisoner of war and this country’s only female recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor.
Skagway – saga about Jefferson R. “Soapy” Smith, frontier conman and gambler. Also deals with the gold rush of 1898 that saw thousands of greenhorn prospectors pass through Skagway, Alaska on their way to Dawson in the Canadian Yukon where gold was discovered in 1896.
Brooke Hart is Missing – historical fiction based on a kidnap, murder, and vigilante hanging that occurred in San Jose, California in the 1930’s.
Unpublished novels: Gandy Dancer, Ice House Cover, High Rollers, Brooke Hart is Missing.
Self-published fiction/ nonfiction: A Bicycle Journey to the Bottom of the Americas, The Irish Goodbye, a novel. Military Madness, vols. 1, 2, 3 - short stories. Also, Santa Cruz Stories, a short story collection.
When not writing or rewriting novels and short stories, I swim in the Pacific Ocean in Santa Cruz, California. Also, I enjoy hiking and biking nearby coastal mountains. I turned 80-years old, November 23, 2021. Yes, I’m a Sag. Also, I’m a college graduate. I’m a Vietnam War veteran. I’m not married. I live alone. I have no pets. Of course, I’m an insatiable reader!
